Can-opener.



J. H. BUCKLEY.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1911.

1,007,524. I Patented Oct. 31, 191 1.

lmowtoz JOSEPH HOWARD BUCKLEY, OF WINCHESTER, ILLINOIS.

CAN-OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29, 1911.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911. Serial No. 629,990.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOSEPH HOWARD BUCKLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lvinchester, in the county of Scott and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (Jan-Openers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in can openers andhas for its object to provide a more convenient, inexpensive, andeffective can opener, to reduce the cost of construction, to secure agreater scope in operation, and to obtain other ad vantages and results,some of which may be referred to hereinafter.

Another object of my invention is to provide a can opener that may beused to open cans of various shapes and from the following descriptiontaken in connection with the drawing it will be seen-that I haveprovided a can opener especially adapted for square cans and can beeasily used on round cans as well.

Another object of my invention is to provide a can opener of this classwhich will possess advantages in points of efliciency, durability, isinexpensive of manufacture and at the same time being simple inconstruction and operation.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel features of construction and the combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim and shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy improved can opener; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewshowing the opener applied in the position it assumes in the act ofcutting the head of the can; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the cuttingknife.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 indicates a flat bar ofany suitable metal, having a handle 2 formed upon one end thereof, andan annular enlargement 8 formed between the bar and the handle which isprovided with a circular opening 4. It will be observed that the handle2 is disposed at an angle with relation to the bar 1 for greaterconvenience in manipulating the device. The bar 1 is provided with alongitudinal slot 5 adapted to receive the sliding member 6, said memberbeing adapted to slide within the slot 5 and provided with the flanges 7adapted to be disposed upon each side of the slot and engage each sideof the bar. A piercing point 8 is formed integral with said member anddisposed upon one side thereof and adapted to be adjusted to any sizecan. A disk 9 is r0- tatably mounted within the opening 1 and having thecircular plates 10 and 11 secured thereto and disposed upon each sidethereof, which provides the annular flanges 12 adapted to be disposedupon each side of the annular enlargement 3 to hold the disk securelywithin the opening. Secured to the plate 10 is a knife 13 which isprovided with a V-shaped cutting edge 14 to prevent the knife fromslipping up from the tin which is being cut. Secured to the plateadjacent the knife is the metal guide 15 which serves to engage the edgeof the can and guide the knife 13, so that the latter will provide asmooth out concentric with the edge of the can.

lVhen it is desired to open a can the point 8 is pushed through the topof the can at a central point and the bar is then adjusted until theknife 13 is disposed adjacent the inner edge and the guide 15 isdisposed on the outer edge of the can, the knife being then pushedthrough the top to the V-shaped cutting edge 14 and the knife thenmanipulates by means of the handle 2. It will be readily seen that thedisk 9 can be easily rotated so that the knife 13 can be disposed at anydesired angle.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction of myinvention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details ofconstruction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfullycarrying my invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novelfeatures or departing from the scope thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is The hereindescribed can opener compris- 7 ing a body bar having a handleintegrally formed on one of its ends and extending at an angle withrelation to the longitudinal axis of said bar, said body bar beingprovided with a longitudinal slotand having a circular opening at thejuncture of the handle therewith, a disk arranged in said opening andfreely rotatable therein, plates secured to the upper and lower surfacesof said disk and of greater diameter than the some to provide flangesoverlapping upon In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my the edges ofthe opening in the body bar signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

and on opposite sides thereof to retain said disk in the opening, acutting knife carried JOSEPH HOWARD BUGKLEY' by the lower of said platesand a piercing Witnesses:

point adjustahly mounted in the slot of said J. M. OvER'roN, body bar.WM. M. SOUTHWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1). G.

